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Raj Thimmiah6y10

https://clearerthinkingpodcast.com/?ep=028 listened to this episode of the clearer thinking podcast with michael vassar. Mistake theory and conflict theory get thrown around a lot but I don't really get what they are nor how to figure out what the are. I'm not interested in in depth learning on them, does anyone have suggestions on concise summaries/sources to get a good enough idea of what they are?

2Yoav Ravid6y

See Conflict vs Mistake by Scott Alexander, and the Conflict vs Mistake tag

Raj Thimmiah6y10

definition on tag already helping a ton:

Mistake theorists think problems in society are caused by people being bad at achieving common goals.
Conflict theorists think problems in society are caused by adversaries with incompatible goals.

Thanks for pointing me to those, will give them a read!

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